A blur in the life of... Pt VI

I never thought I could become a teacher of the Word in any capacity. In 98, Xiaowei attended a Precept Ministry bible-study that was attended my some of my YAC heavyweights. I thought if these people attend it, it must be good! I was quite lost at first. They were doing 1st or 2nd Thess and they did Eschatology (studies of the endtimes) and for the firs time I could understand what those prophecies were about. After that came the book of Romans which was so cheem. But I began to realized that with the right tools for bible study, I could understand the bible! I learned that correct interpretation was necessary for correct application of the word. That’s what make Christianity alive to me. All along I believed something that was simply taught to me or preached to me, but when I read the word and understood it, it felt as if the Lord is speaking directly to me without the denominational or organizational filters.


Knowing the word added spice into my life. I no longer feel that I was a Christian with lots of fireworks only, but with substance too. The final piece of the jigsaw had been placed. Now the work has just begun! I am saved by the grace of God through faith in what He has done, what He is doing and what He will do. What Christ had done changed me and caused me to obey him out of an obedient heart. What I have become is not through my own doing, but by faith though strength given to me by God’s spirit that lives in me. My good works does not save me, these good works that I do is a result of God’s love and guidance through discipleship. Though I am alive in Christ today, I am still tempted by the ways of the world to fulfill the lusts of the flesh. I am in this body and thus I am susceptible to sin. This does not mean God’s salvation in me is incomplete. I am just acknowledging that without Christ in me, I am just a sinner. The difference is now I stand before you a sinner saved by grace. I am a child of the living God who was and who is to come. I am waiting for you Lord Jesus, so mean while help me gather your flocks to meet You when You come again.